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As the bandleader on David Bowie’s final album Blackstar, saxophonist Donny McCaslin collaborated with the Starman to carry forward his penchant for reinvention. With his upcoming studio album — a daring fusion of vibrant electronica, and bombastic art-rock due this fall — McCaslin applied that mindset to his own work, pushing his music in a bold new direction. Propulsive and improvisational alternative music combines with a heady blend of vocals, saxophone and flute, pianos and Wurlitzer, electric bass and pummeling drums that captures McCaslin’s core roots while also bringing in more recent influences such as Radiohead and Bon Iver.

Supported by a top-notch cast of musicians that includes Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek, Blackstar bandmate Tim Lefebvre, and fellow Bowie collaborator Gail Ann Dorsey, McCaslin applies his jazz roots in thrilling ways throughout Blow.’s hour runtime. “The idea was to just really go for exploring these collaborations and documenting everything,” explains McCaslin, adding that the project had a “good gestation process” and developed “in a way that didn’t feel rushed.”

Competition! NOW CLOSED. The 4 winners have been notified. The answer was Donny attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

To celebrate the albums forthcoming release, we have 4 prizes on offer, first prize is a signed copy of the album on both Limited Edition Clear Vinyl & CD along with a T Shirt and 3 runner up prizes of signed CD’s.

For your chance to win, simply answer the following question, what esteemed music college did Donny attend?

Email your answer to competitions@davidbowienews.com with ‘Blow’ as the subject.

The 4 winners will be chosen at random from the correct answers and notified via email shortly after the competition ends on Sunday 16th September at midnight (UK time)

The competition is open worldwide.

* 1 entry per person *

Good luck!

Blow is released on October 5th and can be pre-ordered now via Amazon UK & US below,